Recycling and Solid Waste Management

As part of providing Green Cart service for centralized collection, the City hosted 400 information sessions at multi-family housing sites to provide residents with instruction on how to use the Green Cart and other recycling programs, and to emphasize the importance of keeping recyclables out of the garbage. [...] Based on the improved recycling performance and reduced amount of garbage stemming from the pilot program and reports from other communities, City Council approved the new Garbage Cart program to support the City, and the Metro Vancouver regional goals to reduce garbage by 80% by 2020. [...] With the Garbage Cart program approved and underway, and the expansion of the Green Cart program to centralized collection complexes complete, the City looked to other service improvement opportunities. [...] To support the new program, the City worked with recycling champions in the various departments to create a program that addressed challenges with recycling in the workplace, and involved a communication package to help all staff understand how and where to recycle. [...] RICHMOND RECYCLING DEPOT DEMOLITION & CONSTRUCTION WASTE IL Completed a pilot program and consultation with the building Enhanced signage and made site improvements at the industry to develop a proposed bylaw approach to increase Richmond Recycling Depot to increase awareness of how recycling of demolition and construction waste. [...] To support residents and their commitment to recycling, Richmond continues to expand opportunities for residents to recycle by creating new and enhanced programs such as Green Cart and Blue Box/Blue Cart for recycling at home, and Richmond’s Go! Recycle bins when on the go in the community. [...] WASTE DIVERSION i. ACHIEVED! 2. PROGRAMS AND SERVICES 9 CITY OF RICHMOND M1X~ -I- RICHMOND RECYCLING AND WASTE MANAGEMENT Richmond delivers a wide range of recycling and waste management services for residents to ensure that all waste is managed effectively and efficiently, and adheres to sustainability principles. [...] This includes informing residents about City and partner programs and services available in the community, educating them on how to use the programs, raising awareness about why recycling and reducing waste is important, and engaging the community to help design programs that fit their needs and priorities. [...] The City works with residents and community partners to make it easy and convenient to reuse and recycle at home and on the go. [...] For sorting recycling, containers are placed in the Containers Recycling Cart, glass bottles and jars are placed in the Glass Recycling Cart and paper products including newspaper and flattened cardboard are placed in the Mixed Paper Recycling Cart.